Re: [nukkad] [Info] Cricket - Sachin Tendulkar

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Isn't this the same email that Pravin sent? I was actually expecting some
sort of a differing opinion..

On 9/28/06, M Gurunath  wrote:
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> FROM CRITICS
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> 1.Selfish
> 2.Scoring Against weaker Oppositions
> 3.Failing in pressure situation
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> Little Info about this
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> 1.Selfish
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>             Well Records are meant to be broken and if Sachin is breaking
> them critics[haters more rightly] can't digest them..
> One of the incidents people mention is regarding his 194 knock against
> pakistan..some said it was slow knock..agreed it was a slow knock by
> Sachin's stature,but if it is compared wid one of the knock wid
> Dravid...this will not look as bad it seems..
> Tendulkar- 194 runs in multan with a strike rate of around 54
> Dravid- 217 runs in oval with a strike rate of around 46
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> I m just taking one example to tell that Dravid's natural game is to hold
> the one end and let the others to dominate..in multan Sachin changed his
> gears and holded one end and he let sehwag to dominate..played Rahul's
> role
> in that innings. Now this is called team game.. but people call it slow
> batting and selfish... Sachin always said Team's win is more important
> than
> personal landmark..He proved this statement in that very test by taking
> Moin
> Khan's wicket off the last ball of the 3rd day..That Ball was
> beauty!!Wasn't
> he happy at that moment??? Since Sachin is the most senior player of the
> team so he can't throw his wicket just to prove critics that he is still a
> master blaster...[he is still scoring at brisk rate in onedays]..People
> forget his fast scroing Centuries against world class bowling
>
> 169 [201 balls] against South Africa in 1997 at Capetown
> 92 [120 balls] against West Indies in 1997 at Bridgetown
> 155 [191 balls] against Australia in 1998 at Chennai
> 79 [ 85 balls] against Australia in 1998 at Kolkata
> 100 in 123 balls against NewZealand in 1999 at Wellington [he scored 113
> runs in that inning]
> 155 [183 balls] against South Africa in 2001 in Bloemfontein
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> There are many other breath taking innings in tests from 10dulkar.
>
> But everyone please note this down..Sachin is the Only Batsman in Test
> Cricket who scored 3 Centuries wid a SIX
> 179 - 6 off Walsh[I remember it was a hook shot] against WestIndies in
> 1994
> at Nagpur
> 124 - 6 off Min Patel[off spinner,straight down the ground] against
> England
> in 1996 at Birmingham
> 113 - 6 off Wiseman[off spinner,straight down the ground] against
> Newzealnad
> in 1999 at Wellington
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> Critics says he plays for his records and centuries..Now just look to
> this..
>
> One Day
> Centuries- 39 [out of 39 centuries India Won 28 times and lost 10 times,1
> century in a rain affected match ]
> 10 centuries gone in Vain..
> Half Centuries- 72
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> now here is that intresting part
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> out of these 72 centuries Sachin got 28 scores of 80 and above
> in these 28 scores if we take out the innings in which he was not out [coz
> of over completed or target chased ]
> he was 5 times not out in such innings
> so now lets talk about remaining 23 innings
> Can u believe he has 10 scores of 90's??? If these 90's were converted in
> 100's the stats looks likes this
> Centuries-49 just one short of 50 ODI centuries... and look he missed
> another record for those who have so much fuss about playing for records..
> getting out highest numbers of times in 90's in ODI's ..just coz he wanted
> to score for the team and not for the his personal records he got out
> 10times in 90's
>
> Test
> Centuries- 35 [ 12 in which India won,15 in dead tests,8 in lost tests]
> lone
> warrior in tests which India lost
> Half Centuries- 41
>
> Intresting Part
> 12 scores of 80+
> 6 scores of 90's convert them in 100s..he will pass 40 centuries in Test
> Cricket..sad for critics he played for team and thats why couldn't
> converted
> these 90's into 100's
>
> 2.Scoring Against weaker Oppostions
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> This can happen in India only..
> People remembers 152 against Namibia and forgets 98 against Pakistan in
> WorldCup
> People remembers 248 against Bangladesh and forgets his 7 centuries
> against
> World Champions Australia [4 in their own den]..
> Only one century against Bangladesh and share the honour of scoring test
> century against each test playing nation wid Dravid,Ponting and Garry
> Kristen...No one talk about other 3 batsman scored centuries against
> Bangladesh..then why the fuss for Sachin??
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> Test
> Australia - 7 Centuries [4 in Australia], 2 of them at the age of 18 in
> 1992
> Bangladesh - 1 Century [Unfortunately his highest score in Test Cricket]
> England - 6 Centuries [4 in England],
> NewZealand- 3 Centuries [1 in NewZealand]
> Pakistan- 2 Centuries [1 in Pakistan ]
> SouthAfrica- 3 Centuries [all three in South Africa]
> Srilanka- 7 Centuries [4 in Srilanka]
> WestIndies- 3 Centuries [ 1 in WestIndies]
> Zimbabwe - 3 Centuries [ none in Zimbabwe ]
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> 90+
> 96 against Srilanka at Banglore in 1994
> 92 against West Indies at Bridgetown in 1997
> 97 against South Africa at Mumbai in 2000
> 90 against England at Banglore in 2001
> 92 against England at Nottingham in 2002
> 94 against Pakistan at Mohali in 2005
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> Intresting Part
> He scored runs in all parts of world..There are three types of wickets u
> generally found in Cricket..Fast and bouncy Pitches like in
> Australia,South-Africa,NewZealand,WestIndies,Spin tracks in India,Srilanka
> ,Pakistan ,and seeming tracks like in England. Today people talk about
> Ricky
> Ponting...now check this out
>
> Sachin's and Ponting's average at their own home soil is above 55 so
> nothing
> to discuss this here,but the real part starts now
> Sachin's average in Australia 54.15 , 4 centuries
> Ponting's average in India,12.28 , no centuries
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> Sachin's average in England 71.60 , 4 centuries
> Ponting's average in England 42.63 , 3 centuries
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> I am taking records for these countries only bcoz.. rightnow,best fast
> bowlers are from Australia,best spinners are from India,Best Seamers from
> england[as there is no choice bcoz only england have such pitches]
> Anyone can take easily tell who played gud cricket against best attack on
> all kind of pitches...
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>
> One Day
> Australia - 7 Centuries + 1 score of 90's
> Bangladesh - 0 Century
> England- 1 Centuries + 1 score of 90's
> Kenya - 4 Centuries
> Namibia - 1 Century
> NewZealand 4 Centuries
> Pakistan - 5 Centuries + 4 scores of 90's
> SouthAfrica- 3 Centuries + 1 score of 90's
> Srilanka- 7 Centuries + 3 score of 90's
> WestIndies- 2 Centuries
> Zimbabwe- 5 Centuries
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> 90+
> 90 against Australia in 1996 at Mumbai
> 91 against England in 1997 at Sharjah
> 95 against Pakistan in 1998 at Dhaka
> 93 against Pakistan in 2000 at Hobart
> 93 against SouthAfrica in 2000 at Nagpur
> 93 against Srilanka in 2000 at Dhaka
> 98 against Pakistan in 2003 at Centurion
> 97 against Srilanka in 2003 at Johannesburg
> 93 against Srilanka in 2005 at Nagpur
> 95 against Pakistan in 2006 at Lahore
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>
> Intresting Part
> Only 5 Centuries against minnows like Kenya ,Namibia [non test playing
> nation]...and Kenya was the semi-finalist of the world cup'03  10 scores
> of
> above 90 against only test playing nations...now can anyone tell me how is
> he selfish?? 34 times he scored more than 80 and couldn't reached 100..If
> he
> played for his records..he could easily scored 100's all of those scores
> above 80's ...
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> 3.Failing in pressure situation
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> ODI
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> Won Chasing Target
> M         R      H        AVG     100s  50s
> Sachin- 101  4397   134    58.62   13      23
> Dravid- 72    2124   109*  49.39     2      19
> Ponting- 77   2670  124*  53.40   4      17
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> In Quater Finals
> Sachin-   3   210   141   70.00   1    0
> Dravid-   2    57     48    28.50   0    0
> Ponting- 3   118    46    39.33   0    0
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> In Semi Finals
> Sachin-   7    232    83    33.14   0   2
> Dravid-   4      28     58   42.66   0   1
> Ponting- 5       71     37  14.20   0   0
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> In Finals
> Sachin -  36  1487  134   47.96  4   9
> Dravid-    23  690   103* 34.50  1   3
> Ponting-  33 1217  140* 45.07  2   6
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> All Finals
> Sachin-  47  1954  141   46.52  5  11
> Dravid-  30  943    103* 37.72  1   5
> Ponting- 41 1406  140* 40.17  2   6
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> In Series Won
> Sachin- 127  5548 186*  51.37  19  26
> Dravid-  76    2645 153    42.66   2   22
> Ponting- 177 7245 145    47.98 18   45
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> In Test
> 100's in Tests India Won - 12
> 100's in Tests India Lost - 8
> 100's in Test Drawn - 15
>
> Holds the record of maxium number of 100's for loosing team...That means a
> lone warrior..Thats why once Indian Cricket Team was called as ONE MAN
> ARMY!!!!
>
> More Intresting Part!!!!!!!!
> Often said Sachin gets fail at crunch situation...Well 1st we must admit
> that when Sachin on the crease Win is sure...As soon Sachin gets out..the
> situation becomes crunchy!!! Sachin is out,now who will win match for us??
> Dravid ?? or Sehwag?? or Yuvraj?? Or Ganguly?? No one sure who will win
> match for them...
> So bcoz of this thing Teams targets Sachin as the most precious wicket...
> Nasser Hussain introduced Negative lines for Sachin Tendulkar to stop the
> flow of runs when he is on wicket!!!
> Local umpires also involved some times to help their team against Sachin
> Tendulkar,espeically Australians!
> Some incidents striking in my mind...I think Sachin is the player who got
> out maximum numbers of times bcoz of bad or wrong decision by Umpires..I m
> producing those incidents only which I remember,there may be many other
> too
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> 1. 92 - out of a NO ball from Frankline Rose against West Indies in 1997
> at
> Bridgetown..Remember India lost the test just by 38 runs..U can just
> imagine
> how much that bad decision effected the result of the match!!!
>
> 2. 83 - Out of a NO ball again..[don't remember the bowler] last test in
> WestIndies in 1997.Draw Test.
>
> 3. 67- LBW off Crains..last test against NewZealand in 1999, was not out
> coz
> the ball pitched outside the legstump.Match Drawn
>
> 4. 61 - caught at forward shortleg,bowler Shane Warne.against Australia at
> Adelaide in 1999.. the ball touched the thigh pads and Umpire Darel Harper
> gave him out.. India were 107 for 4 when Ganguly joined Sachin and they
> put
> on 108 runs for the 5th wicket..
>
> 5. 0 - LBW bowler Macgrath..against Australia at Adelaide in 1999,same
> test,
> nothing more to say..Everyone remember that FOOLISH decision
>
> 6. 52 - LBW bowler Shane Warne,Umpire David Shepherd,against Australia at
> Melbourne in 1999, were chasing 356 as a target on the fourth day.
>
> 7. 45 - LBW bowler Macgrath,UmpireIan Robinson,against Australia at Sydney
> in 2000, the ball seemed to hit him too high and was going on leg stump,
> In
> that very over,Tendulkar had pulled a short one from Macgrath for two,and
> hooked the next two for boundaries,and a ball later punched the fast
> bowler
> back past him for the 3rd four of the over
>
> 8. 16 - caught behind off Waqar Younis,against Pakistan at Perth in 2000,
> it
> was must win situation for India to qualify in the final , scored 16 runs
> of
> 9 balls,hitted 3 fours in one over of Waqar Younis and 1 off Wasim Akram
> on
> the fastest pitch of the world,India were chasing 260 odd runs...
>
> 9. 0 - LBW bowler Gillespie,Umpire Bucknor,against Australia at Brisbane
> in
> 2003 funny thing is that the bowler not applead for the LBW...
> MR.Bucknorgave the decision of his own
>
> 10. 0 - caught behind off Lee,against Australia at Melbourne in 2003,ball
> touched the thigh pads and umpire given him out.
>
> 11. 54 - caught behind,Umpire Bucknor,against Pakistan at Kolkata in 2005,
> I
> think we all seen that decison, theball was not near to his
> pad,gloves,helmet,arm.. no where...
>
> There may be so many other incident like this...Teams like Australia
> taking
> help from the umpires to stop Tendulkar... the 1999-2000 tour of Australia
> proves it..
>
> THIS IS THE ANSWER TO ALL WHO HATE  SACHIN TENDULKAR  "GOD OF CRICKET"
>
>
> HEY CRITICS  is that  ENOUGH OR STILL U WANT
>
> And the last thing is that Sachin played 11 years [1989-2000] in the era
> where his own team mates involved in match fixing.. So despite of his
> brilliant knocks we failed to win the match just bcoz others not
> contirbuting..Yuo can win ODI's just wid ur own batting but u can't win
> test
> matches wid one innings bcoz test played for 5 days its a 4 inning
> game..Still Tendulkar's record in that era is Awesome.. and remember The
> awe
> of opponents was as great as that of crowds. But the finest compliment
> must
> be that bookmakers would not fix the odds - or a game - until Tendulkar
> was
> out.
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> Regards,
> Gurunath M.
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